Zerifa Wahid

Zerifa Wahid
Zerifa Wahid during the muhurat of Jahnu Barua's Assamese film Baandhon held on 11 December 2011 at Jonakee Complex, Panjabari, Guwahati, Assam, India
Born	1979 Lakhimpur, Assam, India
Occupation	Actress

Zerifa Wahid (Assamese: জেৰিফা ৱাহিদ; born 1979) is an Assamese film actress from Assam, India. Her prominent features include Baandhon, which won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Assamese directed by Jahnu Baruah. and the best film in the Indian Films Competition held at the Bengaluru International Film Festival for the year 2012.

A Post-Graduate in History from Delhi University and a Graduate in Law, She was also a topper in History from Gauhati University in her B.A.

Zerifa Wahid started her career in acting as a child actor by making her debut in the Assamese Feature film Abhimaan in 1990. Alongside her brilliant academic career, she managed to continue with her passion for acting and worked as a leading Heroine in numerous Assamese Feature Films, Television Serials, Video Films, Music albums and TV commercials. A very young school going Zerifa played leading heroine in films like Agnigarh, Atikram, Dhuaetc. She played the lead heroine in Zubeen Garg's Tumi Mor Mathu Mor. and became known for playing characters which were modern and progressive in outlook. Some of her successful films are Seuji Dharani Dhuniya, Anya Ek Jatra, Gun Gun Gane Gane, Agnisakhi (for which she was awarded Best Actress by the Govt. of Assam), Nayak, Kadambari, Prem Geet, Deuta Diya Bidai and Ahir Bhairav etc. In Antaheen Jatra, Zerifa showed the beauty of a rural girl in bare minimum make-up. Ahir Bhairav,where Zerifa played a schizophrenic, is the first Assamese feature film to be shot entirely in London.

Zerifa Wahid has branched out in many sectors of social works, film and theatre productions. Zerifa is the Ambassador for Assam Autism Foundation and Special Olympics Bharat (Assam Chapter). She also endorses the It Brand DATAMATION.